”DET ÄR INTE SÄRSKILT KVINNLIGT ATT BEGÅ BROTT” KVINNORS UPPLEVELSER AV BEMÖTANDE FRÅN MYNDIGHETER

The purpose of this thesis was to examine how women who have committed crimes feel they have been treated by authorities. Our research questions were: How do women who have committed crime feel they have been treated by authorities? How has this treatment affected the women and their life worlds? In our study we have conducted semi-structured interviews with four women who have committed crime. Our theoretical basis has been phenomenology, symbolic interactionism and Hirdmans theory on the gender system. Our main results show that the women have different experiences of treatment, some positive and some negative. We’ve found that all the women are different and therefore have different needs that need to be considered. We have also found that the women feel they are treated in a “nicer” way because they are women, and that they feel this is not always for the best